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You clearly haven't been watching Torchwood which establishes how vital Ms Jones is in the new line. She's effectively the new Brigadier, the face of UNIT who the Doctor trusts implicitely.

Fact is, Spara, YET again, no one is interested in your mindless bigotry. Martha is popular, the actress is popular, and they weren't "fobbing her off" with Torchwood as your mindlessly bitched about elsewhere in this blog.

"Ok, seriously... is it the colour thing? Or the fact that a woman in the new series is presented as sympathetic, intelligent and in a high-quality/high-culutre job?"

It is nothing to do with her colour/ethnic origin. It is the fact that she is an uninteresting character who doesn't ring true. She sounds permanently bored because of the way she speaks and her actions such as walking all over the world in 'Last of the Time Lords' are far fetched.

It is nothing to do with her colour/ethnic origin.I dunno. Your admiration for Enoch Powell, coupled with the strict white-only policy of your fiction suggests otherwise. And you hated her from the start - you created Spartha Jones before she was in a single episode.

It is the fact that she is an uninteresting character who doesn't ring true.Not to me. Not to a lot of people. The fact is, what's so interesting about Ben Chatham? He doesn't ring true - he has no job, yet lives in luxury; he never enjoys anything beyond staying at home getting drunk and listening to Bowie, yet people want his help; he despises lower classes, teenagers, women, old folk, pagans, those who suffer nervous breakdown, and aliens. Yet he is a companion of the Doctor.

Nothing you ever write about him rings true.

She sounds permanently boredNo, she doesn't.

because of the way she speaksHow else could she sound permanently bored, you idiot? Do her clothes creak in some code?

and her actions such as walking all over the world in 'Last of the Time Lords' are far fetched.So, the fact the world was invaded by floating beachballs containing the severed heads of the last of the humans who fire laser beams of stet radiation at the behest of a time traveller who conquered the world with a police box and a mobile phone ISN'T far fetched.

At least she did something. Would Ben Chatham have braved harsh conditions and human misery for a whole year on his own, putting everything aside for his mission at the request of the Doctor?

No, he'd have got drunk and cried.

If you BOTHERED to watch the story, you would see she had a teleporter. "Walking the Earth" is a metaphor, you daft bint - like when they say "The Master never walks the Earth" despite the fact Harold Saxon actually spent time there. The Master separates himself from humanity, Martha integrates himself with it.

Now your rancid brain understands they weren't being literal but poetic, shut the hell up!

It is the fact that she is an uninteresting character who doesn't ring true.

Untrue! This is simply the view of a silent minority.

She sounds permanently bored because of the way she speaks

Her voice is actually more expressive than Rose's and to me seemed to sound excited and authoritative for most of the time.

and her actions such as walking all over the world in 'Last of the Time Lords' are far fetched.

Actions plural? Give us another one, then.

As Ewen has pointed out, and was made clear in the episode (what with her travelling by boat and car and teleporting and stuff) she didn't literally walk everywhere.

Also, heard of that novel? Around the World in 80 Days? Martha had 365. Does that mean Jules Verne is four times as far-fetched?

Aside from Freema Agyeman's strong performance and charisma, the real reason I, and others, love Martha Jones and shall continue to welcome her back to the series is DAMN! SHE IS SO HOT YOU COULD FRY AN EGG ON HER ARSE!

Going by the checquered and often pitifully transparent history of Ben Chatham -

Meanwhile in a field in the Wiltshire countryside Ben is slowly waking up. His head throbs with pain and he feels tired and very cold. He is naked and slowly pulls himself to his feet, the bright morning sun glistening on his smooth, luscious chest. He raises his head and sniffs the cool morning breeze like a dappled deer.

Oh, yes, I can post a comment HERE in a matter of seconds. I try and post a comment in my own blog and it takes such a fucking ridiculous amount of time I end up writing an entry entirely about how I can't post comments...

I didn't like Martha that much in Series 3, she just didn't seem like a good actress, but when she returned in Torchwood, I thought she had improved a LOT. I'm quite looking forward to seeing her in the Doctor Who Series 4 finale. I think it's because I'm curious about her reaction about Rose, she didn't seem to happy about Rose when they were only MENTIONING her in Series 3...

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The Operation Delta stories are a fan fiction spin-off from Doctor Who. OPeration Delta is an organisation that investigates paranormal activity and alien encounters. It is led by Ben Chatham, a former Doctor Who companion, along with Katie Ryan and Kyle Scott.